European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn arrives for a European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
VIENNA (Reuters) - EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn has called on Turkey to address the "open question" of whether it was willing to meet the criteria to join the European Union since the uncertainty was straining its relations with the bloc.
In an interview with the Austrian daily Die Presse published on Wednesday, Hahn said the arrests in Turkey of thousands of people after a coup attempt in early July had irked some EU members.
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